Machine for moving snow.



No. 805,684. PATENTED Nov. 28, 1905. 0. SULLIVAN,

v MACHINE FOR MOVING SNOW.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR.22, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed March 22, 1906. Serial No. 252,092.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OWEN SULLIVAN, a citi- I zen of the United States,residing at Belmond,

in the county of Wright and State of Iowa, have invented a new anduseful Machine for Moving Snow, of which the following is aspecification.

My object is to provide a machine adapted to be connected with a car orlocomotive for advantageously removing snow from a track to save time,labor, and expense in clearing a track and to prevent the delays andlosses incident to snow-blockades on tracks.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinationof operative elements with a frame, as hereinafter set forth, pointedout in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation of the machine, and Fig. 2 a verticalsectional view thereof that shows the positions of all'the operativeparts relative to each other and the frame upon which they are mounted.

The numeral designates the difierent parts of a rigid frame, preferablymade of iron, to which is fixed an open-ended snowconveyer 12, with itslarge end near the lower part of the front end of the frame. To thefront and lower part of said conveyer is pivotally connected anadjustable extension 13, that is open at its top and ends and adapted tobe lowered to scrape and gather into the conveyer 12 the snow in frontof it as the machine is advanced against the snow on the track in frontof the machine. Shafts 14 are rotatably connected with the front cornersof the extension 13 and supported in screw-seats 15, fixed in the frontends of parts of the frame projected forward, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,or in any suitable way in such a manner that by means of handwheels 16,fixed to the tops of the shafts, the front of the extension 13 can bereadily raised and lowered at pleasure.

A rotatable wheel 17, adapted for moving snow upward and rearward fromthe extension 13 and pressing it up through the small and top end of theconveyer 12, is mounted in the front end and top of the conveyer, and ahood 18 is hinged to the top and central portion of the conveyer tocover and conceal the wheel 17.

To the rear and lower portion of the frame is fixed a fan-case 20, andin it is mounted a rotary fan 21, and to the top of the fancase and thetop of the conveyer is fixed a blowpipe 22, and a screen 23 is fixed inthe lower end of the blowpipe in an inclined position to prevent piecesof ice or lumps of snow from falling down into the fan-case when themachine is in operation.

On the top of the blowpipe 22 is a rotatable hood 24:, adapted to beadjusted, as required, to direct snow blown up through the pipe to theright or left of the machine and the line of advance, as required, todirect the snow in the direction the Wind may be blowing to aid incarrying the snow away from the track.

In the top portion of the fancase is mounted a drive-shaft 25 and asprocketwheel 26, fixed to its end to be connected with gearing on a caror locomotive by means of a chain 27, as shown in Fig. 1, or in anysuitable way, as required, to rotate the shaft. A lar er sprocket-wheel28 is also fixed on the s aft 25 and connected with a smallsprocket-wheel 29 on the fanshaft 30 by a chain 31, as required, toimpart rotary motion and speed to the fan, as required, to blow snowfrom the top of the conveyer 12 up and out. A second sprocket-wheel onthe end of the fan-shaft (not shown) and a sprocketwheel 32 on the endof the shaft of the rotatable Wheel 17 are connected by a chain 33 toactuate the wheel 17 as required, for moving the snow upward from theextension 13 and through the conveyer 12. Corresponding sprocket-wheelsand chains (not shown) connect the drive-shaft 25, the fan-shaft 30, andthe shaft of the wheel 17 on the other side of the machine.

Having thus set forth the purpose of my invention and its constructionand manner of use, the practical operation and utility thereof will bereadily understood by persons familiar with the art to which itpertains.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for moving snow, an openended conveyer fixed to a frameto incline upward and rearward and an adjustable extension, open at itstop and ends, hinged to its front end, means for adjusting the hingedextension, a hood on the front end portion of the conveyer and a wheelmounted in the conveyer and under the hood to move snow upward throu hthe conveyer.

2. In a mac ine for moving snow, an openended conveyer fixed to a frameto incline upward and rearward and an adjustable scoop scraper, a wheelmounted in the front of the conveyer to move snow upward, a rotary fanunder the rear end portion of the conveyer and a blowpipe connected withthe fan-case and the top of the conveyer, and a screen in the lower endof the blowpipe, arranged and combined as set forth.

OWEN SULLIVAN.

Witnesses:

S. H. CARR, J. J. STAUFFER.

